Composition for preserving fruits, &amp;c.



697q566 EX 5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JOHN H. THORN, OF PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON.

COMPOSITION FOR PRESERVING FRUITS, 840.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,566, dated April15, 1902.

Application filed March so. 1901.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JOHN H. THORN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Puyallup, in the county of Pierce and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 2.Composition of Matter for Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which itappertains to make and use the same. My invention relatesto a composition to be used as a preservative for fruits and vegetables.r

The invention consists of the -following ingredients, combined in aboutthe proportions stated: lime, (slaked,) twenty pounds; ordinaryla'nd-plaster, five pounds; wheat-middlings, five pounds. Theseingredients are thoroughly mixed together in a dry condition, and thenthe fruit or vegetables to be preserved are buried or placed in thesame, so as to be completely covered thereby.

In the case of oranges or other fruit having *a porous skin the same maybe wrapped in uitable pa before being placed in the preservingcomposition.

Serial No. 53,709- (N0 specimens.)

The fruits or vegetables may be buried in ordinary boxes or barrels andshould be kept in a place having an even temperature and of 0 a degreebest suited for fruit and vegetables.

I have thoroughly tested my improved preserving compound and havesecured most satisfactory results. For instance, apples placed in thiscompound have been kept an 35 exceedingly long period, and when takenout they have been found to be as fresh and perfect as when first placedin the same.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters 0 Patent, is-

A composition of matter for preserving fruits and vegetables, composedof slaked lime, ordinar land- 1 t r and wheat-middlings, thoroughlymixed together and in a 45 dry condition, substantially in the.proportions described. i

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN H. THORN.

